Source:
National Archives, Nixon
Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files),
Box H–200, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 187. Confidential. This study was prepared in response
to NSSM 187, Document 246. Sent to Scowcroft under cover of a November 16 memorandum from
Katz, the chairman of the
inter-agency group preparing the response to NSSM 187. An annex with Department of Agriculture comments
on the study is attached but not printed.

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 6, Food (2). Confidential. A
stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. A
September 16 covering memorandum from Kennedy and fellow NSC staff member A. Denny Ellerman to Kissinger reads: "We have worked
closely with OMB, State and Agriculture
in the development of the Ash
memorandum (Tab A). It fairly presents the core issue which must be
decided—the fiscal/inflation question as balanced against the foreign
policy concern. We were not able, however, to fully explore in the paper
the foreign policy ramifications and believe that the way they are now
stated, although for the most part accurate, is too cryptic. The
memorandum at Tab I would inform the President more fully as to the real
ramifications in the foreign policy sense of the three options. It
clearly points out that short of the high option (Option three), there
are significant policy costs which must be accepted."

Source: Ford Library, National
Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 5. Secret; Nodis. The meeting began at 9:55,
concluded at 10:25 a.m., and took place in the Oval Office. (Ibid.,
President’s Daily Diary) On September 10, Kissinger told the President, "No decision is required
now on food aid. The crop report is due next week. Butz supports it, Ash is against and Simon is torn between." President
Ford retorted, "He is torn
between what is right and trying to save $10 billion. Did you see the
McGovern report on food aid in
the paper this morning? They are supportive." Kissinger replied, "The opposition will
be on financial, not political grounds. Why don’t you look at this and
make a decision next week?" Ford
then requested a copy of the McGovern report. (Ibid., National Security Adviser,
Memoranda of Conversation, Box 5) An undated memorandum from Kissinger to the President on an
increase in food aid is ibid., Presidential Subject Files, Box 6, Food
(4). In June 1974, Senator McGovern chaired hearings of the Senate Select Committee
on Nutrition on global food issues. A report on these hearings was
released on September 9. (The New York Times,
September 10, 1974, p. 7)

Source: Ford Library, National
Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 5. Top Secret; Nodis. The meeting began at 12:30,
concluded at 1:30 p.m., and took place in the Oval Office. In addition
to those officials already listed as being in attendance, Rush and Cole were present. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary) All
brackets are in the original.

Source: Ford Library, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Records,
Alan Greenspan Files, Box 57,
Economic Policy Board Meetings, EPB—October 1974. Limited Official Use. Printed from an
unsigned copy. On October 29, Malmgren gave a report on U.S. preparations for the
World Food Conference to the EPB
Executive Committee that was based on this memorandum. (Ibid.)

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Scowcroft Daily Work
Files, Box 8, 10/25–31/74. Secret; Sensitive; Flash. The original is the
text as approved for transmission before a Tohak number was assigned. On October 31, Kissinger traveled from Dacca to
Rawalpindi. From October 23 to November 9, Kissinger visited Europe, South and Central Asia, the
Middle East, and North Africa.

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Scowcroft Daily Work
Files, Box 8, 10/25–31/74. Secret; Sensitive; Flash. The original is the
text as approved for transmission before a Tohak number was assigned. It was sent via the White House
channel.

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Scowcroft Daily Work
Files, Box 9, 11/1–5/74. Confidential; Eyes Only; Flash. The original is
the text as approved for transmission before a Tohak number was assigned. Sent via Kissinger’s Special Assistants, L. Paul
(Jerry) Bremer and David
Gompert.

Source: Ford Library, National Security
Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 6, Food (3). Secret; Sensitive.
A note at the top of the memorandum indicates that the message was sent
to the President, who spent November 2 campaigning in Salt Lake City,
Utah, and Wichita, Kansas. It is attached to a November 2 memorandum
from Scowcroft to Cheney that reads: "When you deliver the
following message to the President, would you please convey to him that,
while Secretary Kissinger
believes firmly in his position on levels of food aid, he does not feel
the issue to be sufficiently grave as to require another
interdepartmental meeting." This memorandum is also marked as having
been sent. All brackets are in the original.